Prior to 1913, all executions in Indiana were by hanging. From 1913 until 1995,
all executions were by electrocution. Since 1995, all executions have been by lethal injection. Current death penalty procedure is found at Indiana Code 35-38-6 and requires that the execution by lethal injection take place inside
the walls of the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City before sunrise.

Of this total, all 89 were men; none were juveniles at the time of the murder; 65 (73.0%) were white and 24 (27.0%) were black; 3 were executed on the same day: June 10, 1937. There were no executions in Indiana from June 15, 1961 to March 9, 1981. Only 19 have been executed in Indiana since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. In addition, two men on Indiana Death Row were recently executed in other states: Michael Lockhart (1997 in Texas) and Alton Coleman (2002 in Ohio). The five convicted murderers executed in 2005 was the most in any year this century except 1938, when Indiana executed 8 convicted murderers.

In addition, James Dalhover was executed on December 13, 1938 under federal authority for the murder of a state policeman during a bank robbery. Gregory Resnover was the last convicted murderer executed by electrocution on December 8, 1994.